2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mankato, MN vs Marquette, IA

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Highlights
- Marquette spends 8.7% less per student than Mankato.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.2% lower in Marquette than in Mankato. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Marquette had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mankato
 Mankato, MNMarquette, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,961$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,171  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,224$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.49  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1424573
 Students per Counselor408  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Mankato    4 Reviews

Mankato, MN is a small community that has some nice features (small concerts, theatre, parks, etc.) but unfortunately every time you turn around there is a new social  More

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It depends on what your view of culture is. For a city of about 60,000 it does have SOME. You need to look to find it. Start at Minnesota State, from national  More

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Over 13 years ago

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Reviews for Marquette    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I chose crime because there is no category for this, and anyhow it should be a crime to be this negligent. You drew the marquette-McGregor border in the wrong spot. the  More

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